Oil-Rich America? (Yes, If Democrats will allow it)

National Review ^ | 12/08/2011 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Smokin' Joe]

I am not suggesting anything except that the Administration leveraged the DWH incident to unconstitutionally attack domestic oil production.

Agreed, and they continue to press the attack on every front. They have searched far and wide for a place with both wells and bad water, and have decided to blame the bad water on fracking. If their approach is anything like that used in the AGW nonsense, they will use this one situation, and without background data or good science, extrapolate it to shut down the current unconventional oil and gas plays being drilled on land by shutting down hydraulic fracturing after the practice has been in use for over 60 years with no known groundwater contamination attributable to anything but surface spills. That would bring 90% or more of the current drilling activity to a halt, and that would mean a serious shortage of domestic production in the future.

Not to mention the sudden and severe negative impact on communities from North Dakota to Texas, from the Rockies to the Eastern Continental Divide.

I thank God for the resources we develop, and I agree, the single greatest reason more hasn't been developed is political.